Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] they [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They hired dragomans to escort them round the tombs and temples in the shade of parasols . |
| 2 | As the Dwarfs moved south Goblins watched them from the hills , reporting their movements by means of oily smoke signals and throbbing war drums . |
| 3 | Up to a certain size , that is to say the size attained by the rats at a few weeks old , she caught and ate them , and , with a sure instinct for authority , brought in their tails to lay them at the feet of Martha . |
| 4 | All the tunes mentioned so far were , so to speak , rescued from the hands of ‘ folk ’ song collectors and those of ‘ refined ’ parlour performers ; Corvan 's texts articulate them to the needs of his class , at a particular moment in its history . |
| 5 | Each set of notes came with an attached exercise and at his behest I set to , to analyse squares of numbers , using keys to turn them into the letters that described either thaumaturgical entities , or else even the tetragrammaton itself . |
| 6 | The exquisite creation they had made of their own lives blinded them to the aspirations of less fortunate men and women . |
| 7 | IF DODGE City and Tombstone had to wait for movie star-type heroes to save them from the outlaws who were over-running the communities , would they stand by the lawmen if it looked like the bad guys were n't going to stay beat ? |
| 8 | In too many cases telecoms authorities had persuaded their governments to defend them from the provisions of the Treaty of Rome . |
| 9 | He saw about a dozen street ruffians trailing them through the streets . |
| 10 | Deputations of pit brow lasses visited Parliament in the 1880s and in 1911 during campaigns by the miners and some coal owners to exclude them from the collieries . |
| 11 | Nurses volunteer their services when they wish to work and managers engage them at the times required . |
| 12 | Four troopers had them by the arms and were hustling them out into the coach . |
| 13 | ‘ Some people kept little trees in secret courtyards , and flowers in their houses , but they were n't supposed to , and if their neighbours reported them to the police the people would have their trees chopped down and the flowers taken away and they would be fined or put in prison , where they had to work very hard , rubbing out writing on bits of paper so they could be used again . ’ |
| 14 | Yet God still speaks by his Spirit to throw fresh light on his word so that we might see its relevance to the contemporary world , and he speaks to his servants to guide them through the perplexities of life . |
| 15 | Intending to relieve the Runners of their seemingly unending supply of money , three young gang members followed them around the taverns . |
| 16 | In specifically educational matters , stress was laid on both initial and in-service training of teachers to attune them to the needs of ethnic minority groups and to improve their understanding of a multicultural approach to education . |
| 17 | The National Curriculum 's aims — to give pupils knowledge , understanding , skills and attitudes to equip them for the responsibilities and challenges of adult life and tomorrow 's world — will be widely supported . |
| 18 | In disregard of this fact , Winans engaged in a scheme with certain Wall Street financiers to provide them with the contents of the column prior to its publication . |
| 19 | The steel bars of the cage were enclosed by tarpaulin sheets to protect them from the elements , except for one side , which was open with just a simple lift bar to move before exit . |
| 20 | Some children watched them from the shadows as they entered . |
| 21 | Peasants greeted them along the roads in the country . |
| 22 | Instead he designed lamps on the spot and took them straight down into the mines to test them on the jets of methane . |
| 23 | Others lay them in the stems , in the roots or in buds . |
| 24 | A number of initiatives are planned to contact more women to encourage them of the benefits of involvement . |
| 25 | It is essential to provide shelter for horses to protect them from the extremes of heat , cold , wind , or rain . |
| 26 | He was refused permission to shut the bar at 1am but keep the club open until 2am , and made an announcement to clubbers telling them of the police decision . |
| 27 | I 'll be going to Governments and health authorities to tell them about the benefits for a whole society . |